โจ Promptbook

๐ New Features
๐ฆ Package @promptbook/types
To install this package, run:
npm i ptbk
npm i -D @promptbook/types
This package is usefull when you want to explicitly define types in your code.
import type { PipelineJson } from '@promptbook/types';
import { compilePipeline } from '@promptbook/core';
const promptbook: PipelineJson = compilePipeline(
spaceTrim(`
# โจ Example prompt
- OUTPUT PARAMETER {greeting}
## ๐ฌ Prompt
\`\`\`text
Hello
\`\`\`
-> {greeting}
`),
);
Note: @promptbook/types
does not export brand-specific types like OpenAiExecutionToolsOptions
, ClaudeExecutionToolsOptions
, LangchainExecutionToolsOptions
,... etc.
Rest of the documentation is common for entire promptbook ecosystem:
๐ค The Book Abstract
It's time for a paradigm shift! The future of software is in plain English, French or Latin.
During the computer revolution, we have seen multiple generations of computer languages, from the physical rewiring of the vacuum tubes through low-level machine code to the high-level languages like Python or JavaScript. And now, we're on the edge of the next revolution!
It's a revolution of writing software in plain human language that is understandable and executable by both humans and machines โ and it's going to change everything!
The incredible growth in power of microprocessors and the Moore's Law have been the driving force behind the ever-more powerful languages, and it's been an amazing journey! Similarly, the large language models (like GPT or Claude) are the next big thing in language technology, and they're set to transform the way we interact with computers.
This shift is going to happen, whether we are ready for it or not. Our mission is to make it excellently, not just good.
Join us in this journey!
๐ Get started
Take a look at the simple starter kit with books integrated into the Hello World sample applications:
๐ The Promptbook Project
Promptbook project is ecosystem of multiple projects and tools, following is a list of most important pieces of the project:
We also have a community of developers and users of Promptbook:
And Promptbook.studio branded socials:
And Promptujeme sub-brand:
/Subbrand for Czech clients/
And Promptbook.city branded socials:
/Sub-brand for images and graphics generated via Promptbook prompting/
๐ The Book language
Following is the documentation and blueprint of the Book language.
Example
# ๐ My first Book
- BOOK VERSION 1.0.0
- URL https://promptbook.studio/my-first-book/
# Write an article
- PERSONA Jane, marketing specialist with prior experience in writing articles about technology and artificial intelligence
- KNOWLEDGE https://ptbk.io
- KNOWLEDGE ./promptbook.pdf
- EXPECT MIN 1 Sentence
- EXPECT MAX 1 Paragraph
> Write an article about the future of artificial intelligence in the next 10 years and how metalanguages will change the way AI is used in the world.
> Look specifically at the impact of Promptbook on the AI industry.
-> {article}
What: Workflows, Tasks and Parameters
Who: Personas
How: Knowledge, Instruments and Actions
General principles of book language
Book language is based on markdown. It is subset of markdown. It is designed to be easy to read and write. It is designed to be understandable by both humans and machines and without specific knowledge of the language.
The file has .book
extension. It uses UTF-8
non BOM encoding.
Book has two variants: flat - which is just a prompt with no structure, and full - which has a structure with tasks, commands and prompts.
As it is source code, it can leverage all the features of version control systems like git and does not suffer from the problems of binary formats, proprietary formats, or no-code solutions.
But unlike programming languages, it is designed to be understandable by non-programmers and non-technical people.
๐ฆ Packages (for developers)
This library is divided into several packages, all are published from single monorepo.
You can install all of them at once:
npm i ptbk
Or you can install them separately:
โญ Marked packages are worth to try first
๐ Dictionary
๐ Dictionary
The following glossary is used to clarify certain concepts:
General LLM / AI terms
- Prompt drift is a phenomenon where the AI model starts to generate outputs that are not aligned with the original prompt. This can happen due to the model's training data, the prompt's wording, or the model's architecture.
- Pipeline, workflow or chain is a sequence of tasks that are executed in a specific order. In the context of AI, a pipeline can refer to a sequence of AI models that are used to process data.
- Fine-tuning is a process where a pre-trained AI model is further trained on a specific dataset to improve its performance on a specific task.
- Zero-shot learning is a machine learning paradigm where a model is trained to perform a task without any labeled examples. Instead, the model is provided with a description of the task and is expected to generate the correct output.
- Few-shot learning is a machine learning paradigm where a model is trained to perform a task with only a few labeled examples. This is in contrast to traditional machine learning, where models are trained on large datasets.
- Meta-learning is a machine learning paradigm where a model is trained on a variety of tasks and is able to learn new tasks with minimal additional training. This is achieved by learning a set of meta-parameters that can be quickly adapted to new tasks.
- Retrieval-augmented generation is a machine learning paradigm where a model generates text by retrieving relevant information from a large database of text. This approach combines the benefits of generative models and retrieval models.
- Longtail refers to non-common or rare events, items, or entities that are not well-represented in the training data of machine learning models. Longtail items are often challenging for models to predict accurately.
Note: Thos section is not complete dictionary, more list of general AI / LLM terms that has connection with Promptbook
Promptbook core
- Organization (legacy name collection) group jobs, workforce, knowledge, instruments, and actions into one package. Entities in one organization can share resources (= import resources from each other).
- Jobs
- Workforce
- Knowledge
- Instruments
- Actions
Book language
- Book file
- Section
- Heading
- Description
- Command
- Block
- Return statement
- Comment
- Import
- Scope
๐ฏ Core concepts
Advanced concepts
Terms specific to Promptbook TypeScript implementation
- Anonymous mode
- Application mode
๐ Usage in Typescript / Javascript
โโ When to use Promptbook?
โ When to use
- When you are writing app that generates complex things via LLM - like websites, articles, presentations, code, stories, songs,...
- When you want to separate code from text prompts
- When you want to describe complex prompt pipelines and don't want to do it in the code
- When you want to orchestrate multiple prompts together
- When you want to reuse parts of prompts in multiple places
- When you want to version your prompts and test multiple versions
- When you want to log the execution of prompts and backtrace the issues
See more
โ When not to use
- When you have already implemented single simple prompt and it works fine for your job
- When OpenAI Assistant (GPTs) is enough for you
- When you need streaming (this may be implemented in the future, see discussion).
- When you need to use something other than JavaScript or TypeScript (other languages are on the way, see the discussion)
- When your main focus is on something other than text - like images, audio, video, spreadsheets (other media types may be added in the future, see discussion)
- When you need to use recursion (see the discussion)
See more
๐ Known issues
๐งผ Intentionally not implemented features
โ FAQ
If you have a question start a discussion, open an issue or write me an email.
โ Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md
๐ License
Promptbook by Pavol Hejnรฝ is licensed under CC BY 4.0
๐ฏ Todos
See TODO.md
๐ค Partners
๐๏ธ Contributing
I am open to pull requests, feedback, and suggestions. Or if you like this utility, you can โ buy me a coffee or donate via cryptocurrencies.
You can also โญ star the promptbook package, follow me on GitHub or various other social networks.